Metric for The Institute in October
Hot on the heels of their recent album announcement, Metric have unveiled plans for a UK tour this October. The UK leg will kick off shortly after the release of their sixth full length studio album, ‘Pagans In Vegas’, which is set for release in the UK on October 9th, and will mark the launch of a full European tour. Metric will play The Institute on October 8th.
Metric’s breakout new record ‘Pagans In Vegas’ will be the first of two albums from the band, with the second expected in 2016. Their time spent writing in 2014 — Shaw at his studio in Toronto, delving into a wall of modular synthesizers and Haines with nothing more than an acoustic guitar in Nicaragua and Spain —yielded an unprecedented amount of material that revealed itself across at least two major musical veins. Realizing they had composed enough music for two very different albums, they decided to let each collection of songs stand on their own.
Metric have packed their new album with reverent references to artists who’ve inspired them, from Depeche Mode, New Order, The Cure and Underworld all the way back to Kraftwerk. Frontwoman Emily Haines explains that it was about finding “the romance of another time without falling into nostalgia.” But despite a few glances in the rearview mirror, ‘Pagans In Vegas’ stitches together its acoustic and synthetic foundations with a crisp, unique now-ness.
Metric are: Emily Haines, Jimmy Shaw, Joules Scott Key and Joshua Winstead.
In the UK, Metric play:
OCTOBER
Wed 7th BRISTOL, O2 Academy
Thur 8th BIRMINGHAM, Birmingham Institute
Fri 9th MANCHESTER, Ritz
Sun 11th GLASGOW, O2 ABC
Mon 12th OXFORD, O2 Academy
Wed 14th LONDON, Forum
Tickets available from www.ilovemetric.com